The Bilingual Essays of Lin Yutang

by Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang's essays on Chinese society and culture were written in both Chinese and English and spanned the immensely influential decades of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

In this collection of his seminal work, Yutang confronts the rapid cultural developments of the era and the role that a Chinese intellectual must assume as he shares and translates his native country to the West. Known best for introducing "humour" into Chinese literature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 962996435X
• ISBN13: 9789629964351
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"